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We head down south to the Wanaka A&P Show where a few of our guests have been hanging out…  We find out whether we can look to NZ rural history to better understand the current problems besetting the East Coast…  And this week’s View From  Top Paddock features the Vice=President of the World Farmers’ Organisation, Katie Milne.

Did you know your posts and comments about your food online can have an impact on kiwi food production? AgResearch's Senior Scientist Scott Hutchings joins Dom to tell us more. And a campaign launched by Beef + Lamb New Zealand has been created to raise New Zealanders’ awareness of what they term “crippling Government policies”. The CEO Sam McIvor is back on REX Today with Dom to tell us more.

A new campaign launched by Beef + Lamb New Zealand has been created to raise New Zealanders’ awareness of what they term “crippling Government policies”. The CEO Sam McIvor is back on REX Today with Dom to tell us more.

Did you know your posts and comments about your food online can have an impact on kiwi food production? AgResearch's Senior Scientist Scott Hutchings joins Dom to tell us more.

As it is International Women's Day, Julia Jones joins Dom to talk about women in the sector, We get our regular GDT Market update from Amy Castleton Economist at NZX, and passionfruit Crops in Northland and Gisborne have by and large remarkably survived the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle. New Zealand Passionfruit Growers Association President Debbie Baxter joins Dom to talk about the processes o...

Passionfruit Crops in Northland and Gisborne have by and large remarkably survived the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle. New Zealand Passionfruit Growers Association President Debbie Baxter joins Dom to talk about the processes of growing Passionfruit.

We get our regular GDT Market update from Amy Castleton Economist at NZX.

As it is International Women's Day, Julia Jones joins Dom to talk about women in the sector.

Beef + Lamb CEO Sam McIvor says cyclone-ravaged roads, particularly to remote properties and farms in affected areas must be top of the list for Government support, he joins Dom to tell him more about the situation. And Emma Poole took out the Waikato/BOP Regional FMG Young Farmer of the Year over the weekend. Emma joined Dom to talk about her deep family connection to the awards and her hopes to...

Emma Poole took out the Waikato/BOP Regional FMG Young Farmer of the Year over the weekend. Emma joined Dom to talk about her deep family connection to the awards and her hopes to be the first woman to take out the National award.

Beef + Lamb CEO Sam McIvor says cyclone-ravaged roads, particularly to remote properties and farms in affected areas must be top of the list for Government support, he joins Dom to tell him more about the situation.

The Buzz Club is rolling back the years by making the medieval honey-based drink Mead. The business was founded by Christchurch entrepreneurs Wilbur Morrison & Edward Eaton, and Edward joins Dom to explain why they're making Mead in 2023, and how they make it.  And the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has been popping up in regions across the country recently, recognising the best of the best...

The New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has been popping up in regions across the country recently, recognising the best of the best in the industry. Robin Congdon is the GM of the Awards and joins Dom to talk about the recent award nights and the upcoming Nationals in May.

The Buzz Club is rolling back the years with by making the medieval honey-based drink Mead. The business was founded by Christchurch entrepreneurs Wilbur Morrison & Edward Eaton, and Edward joins Dom to explain why they're making Mead in 2023, and how they make it. 

Doug Laing speaks to Hamish McKay about the Golden Shears in Masterton. 

On today’s episode;  We bring you more action form the 61st Golden Shears in Masterton…  We put the spotlight on the Paradise Valley Berry Farm in Taranaki…  And we catch up with Waikato MO and former Young Farmer of the Year, Tim van de Molen.

From the REX Golden Shears Special comes Rebecca Greaves chatting with Rowland Smith as he made the top 30 on Friday night.

On this episode, we profile some of the characters involved in this year’s Golden Shears in Masterton…  We find out whether we can look to NZ rural history to better understand the current problems besetting the East Coast…  And this week’s View From  Top Paddock features the Chair of the Meat Industry Association and Apiculture NZ, Nathan Guy…

Northland shearer and recent winner of the Otago Shears open Toa Henderson chats with Hamish live from Golden Shears in Masterton.

Well it’s not just farms, orchards and vineyards that have been impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle - carpet maker Bremworth had its Napier facility hit by the flooding, and it remains off-line…  The company’s also released its half-year financial results, which reveal profit is down on last year but revenue in Australia is up by 8%…  To shed some more light on this, we’re joined now by Bremworth CEO Gr...

Alright, time for this week’s Yes Minister, and we’re joined now by the Member of Parliament for Waikato, a former Young Farmer of the Year, National’s Tim van de Molen.

The Government is backing a research project on regenerative farming practices of arable and vegetable crops in Hawke’s Bay…  $2 million will be spent over six years on the New Zealand-first project, which is being led by Hawke’s Bay Future Farming Charitable Trust in partnership with LandWISE…  It’s called the “Carbon Positive - Regenerating soil carbon” project, and to tell us more about it, we’...

Farmers in the Hawke’s Bay farming regions of Rissington, Patoka and Puketitiri remain cut off after Cyclone Gabrielle wiped out vital bridges connecting the district with the rest of Hawke’s Bay. With winter fast approaching, farmers are desperate to de-stock and are taking matters into their own hands. Patoka farmer Isabelle Crawshaw joins us now.

Well, here’s a great success story for you…  Steve and Kathleen Smith have been running Paradise Valley Berry Farm in Taranaki for the best part of the last two decades…  There’s often a line of people waiting outside the gate on summer mornings, waiting to pick and devour some of the spoils…  Steve Smith joins us now to tell us more about the berry farm. 

For a look back at the last week, and the well-deserved announcement of a new appointment for the charitable supply chain Meat the Need NZ, REX Today's Dom George calls into REX for "A week of it".